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Despite FCC ban, AI-powered deep fakes loom over elections

The Federal Communications Commission this month outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by artificial intelligence. The 1991 Telephone Consumer Protection Act bans artificial voices in...

Some Americans have become saddled with credit card debt as rent,...

NEW YORK (AP) – While the U.S. economy is broadly healthy, pockets of Americans have run through their savings and run up their credit card...
HELP ON THE WAY? Nurses Leah Kosteva, foreground, and Mary O’Reilly prep a room at Rhode Island Hospital. The state has reentered the Nurse Licensure Compact, which would allow nurses to work in multiple states without obtaining a new nursing license in each of those states. Joining the compact may assist the recruitment of nurses to Rhode Island. 
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R.I. reenters Nurse Licensure Compact to stave off potential hospital staff...

After seeing what the shortage of health care workers did to Rhode Island hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state decided to reenter the...

Inflation slowed further in December as an economic ‘soft landing’ moves...

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge cooled further last month even as the economy kept growing briskly, a trend sure to...

Ocean Tech Hub seeking project concept proposals

PROVIDENCE – A federally designated blue tech hub encompassing Rhode Island and Massachusetts has issued its first call for ocean technology projects. The Ocean Tech...
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Most-read stories on PBN.com, Oct. 2023

1. ‘Federal Hill has come back in a strong way’ PUBLISHED IN PRINT: SEPT. 29. Olivia DeAngelis has only worked in the hospitality industry...

‘Amtrak Joe’ Biden to give out $16B for passenger rail projects 

WASHINGTON (AP) –  President Joe Biden, arguably the nation's biggest Amtrak fan, visited a train maintenance shop in his home state of Delaware on...
GABE AMO, right, Democratic congressional candidate, makes a statement while Republican congressional candidate Gerry W. Leonard Jr. looks on during Friday's debate at WPRI-TV CBS 12. / COURTESY JAMES BARTONE/WPRI-TV CBS 12

CD1 candidates debate Israel, assault rifles, SCOTUS term limits

EAST PROVIDENCE – The conflict in Gaza, abortion, assault rifles and term limits on the U.S. Supreme Court were among the topics debated Friday...

Port of Davisville gets $3.8M for Pier 1 project

NORTH KINGSTOWN – The Port of Davisville received $3.8 million from the U.S. Transportation Department Friday to fund construction of a stern off-load ramp...
PRESIDENT JOE Biden looks on as Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington during a news conference in August. The Biden administration is designating 31 “tech hubs” in 32 states and Puerto Rico to help spur innovation and create jobs in the specific industries that are concentrated in these areas. / ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO / CAROLYN KASTER

Biden names tech hubs across 32 states, including R.I., to create...

REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) – The Biden administration is designating 31 technology hubs across 32 states, including Rhode Island's proposal for an Ocean Tech Hub, and...
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